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Stop saying antifa.
Start saying anti-fascist.
Make them say out loud what they’re really afraid of.
Posts like this always bring out the fash sympathisers...
@InvaderXan "I'm anti-fascist." - "What? You're against the current order of society and everything I believe in??" - "Hmmmm... if fascism is the order of society... I guess, yes, I'm against that."
@InvaderXan You're right. I guess I should also admit my fear of democratic representation, given I feel the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is somewhat undesirable! 
two things I dislike about the word "antifa" (when used in North America)
1. people have started pronouncing it weird (it's "AN-tih-fah", not "an-TEE-fah")
2. it sounds foreign (especially with the new pronunciation - and is, in fact, a German/European French abbreviation that, since #europeiscooler, we started using around here (as early as the '90s, actually, but it obviously took off in a bigger way around 2016)
agreed with Gelderloos when he said, 3 years ago or so now, that groups going by the name Anti-Racist Action (ARA), or some variant, have had a longer and more prolific history on this continent, in comparison to "anti-fascist" groups that existed in the literally post-fascist countries of Europe. N.A. did not experience a "fascism" that was meaningfully distinct from white supremacy and colonialism that was already long established before the 1930s; it had a different experience, namely of the Rooseveltian New Deal
also, like, it's worth noting that "anti-fascism" is a pretty vague idea in itself, which can also be deployed by, like, fascists. (best example: Russia, where 161 and other such symbols can be deployed, without cognitive dissonance, in rallies in support of the contemporary Russian state and/or the historic state presided over by Stalin)
in 2020, I think it's probably a good a time as there ever has been to talk about fascism as both a present threat on Turtle Island and, in some qualitative fashion, distinct from all the racism, white supremacy, and colonialism that was already going on. and now that it's being used as a term of derision by rightist pundits, the word "antifa" is here to stay, so it's time do damage control
so yes, definitely get as far as actually saying "anti-fascist" - but definitely, like, spell out your ideas even further that, too
@InvaderXan
1. people have started pronouncing it weird (it's "AN-tih-fah", not "an-TEE-fah")
2. it sounds foreign (especially with the new pronunciation - and is, in fact, a German/European French abbreviation that, since #europeiscooler, we started using around here (as early as the '90s, actually, but it obviously took off in a bigger way around 2016)
agreed with Gelderloos when he said, 3 years ago or so now, that groups going by the name Anti-Racist Action (ARA), or some variant, have had a longer and more prolific history on this continent, in comparison to "anti-fascist" groups that existed in the literally post-fascist countries of Europe. N.A. did not experience a "fascism" that was meaningfully distinct from white supremacy and colonialism that was already long established before the 1930s; it had a different experience, namely of the Rooseveltian New Deal
also, like, it's worth noting that "anti-fascism" is a pretty vague idea in itself, which can also be deployed by, like, fascists. (best example: Russia, where 161 and other such symbols can be deployed, without cognitive dissonance, in rallies in support of the contemporary Russian state and/or the historic state presided over by Stalin)
in 2020, I think it's probably a good a time as there ever has been to talk about fascism as both a present threat on Turtle Island and, in some qualitative fashion, distinct from all the racism, white supremacy, and colonialism that was already going on. and now that it's being used as a term of derision by rightist pundits, the word "antifa" is here to stay, so it's time do damage control
so yes, definitely get as far as actually saying "anti-fascist" - but definitely, like, spell out your ideas even further that, too
@InvaderXan